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1947 Home in Germany Gets a Contemporary Update

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Place of Peace , a 1947 single-family home in Mühlheim, Germany, was redesigned by ONE!CONTACT. The 3,000-square-foot house offers forest views and contemporary architectural features while maintaining a quintessential traditional appeal. The lavish landscaping includes a stone retaining wall, small pond and waterfall.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

At Architectural Ceramics, we’ve prepared a quick read for you about natural slate, and our client spaces and collections that feature it. Natural slate on a mountainside near the Mosel River in Rhineland, Germany. Photo via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. The cost is often a critique of natural slate.

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Modern Architecture Meets Indian Design on Houston's Lakeshore

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Architecture. Architecture. Modern Architecture Meets Indian Design on Houston’s Lakeshore. Architecture › Modern Architecture Meets Indian Design on Houston’s Lakeshore. Architecture › Modern Architecture Meets Indian Design on Houston’s Lakeshore. Apartments.

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New and notable at TISE 2023

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Franken Schotter Booth 4920 Franken Schotter offers a wide range of top-quality natural stone products made in Germany. Each of its factories are equipped with the most modern stone cutting technology today. The company prioritizes great customer relations, prompt delivery and accurate service.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Tile Tuesday: In Valencia Art is a Way of Life

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The City of Arts and Sciences, a stunning example of the new Spanish architecture designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela. At first glance Valencia appears to be very modern with a predominance of what I call “the new Spanish architecture” featuring waves, curves and a visually interesting asymmetry. Green, green and green.

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Tile Tuesday: In Valencia Art is a Way of Life

Kitchens for Living

The City of Arts and Sciences, a stunning example of the new Spanish architecture designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela. At first glance Valencia appears to be very modern with a predominance of what I call “the new Spanish architecture” featuring waves, curves and a visually interesting asymmetry. Green, green and green.